› added 5 years ago

361

TIL that George Washington had said he would never set foot on British soil again; so some American soil was put under his Trafalgar Square statue in London to comply with his wishes.

Read more guidelondon.org.uk

via reddit.com

N7XJ TIL that filmmaker Richard Linklater has been working on a 12 year film since 2002, filming a fictional narrative of a boy growing up, as the boy really grows up
wLEPE TIL James Watt calculated horsepower by measuring the output of an actual horse in order to quantify how many horses his steam engines could replace.
WkGld TIL about the Corps of Colonial Marines, a group of freed black American slaves, who participated for the United Kingdom in the War of 1812, including the Burning of Washington
e0pnE TIL of two SEALS killing a Green Beret in a illicit cash cover up.
8Ra8 TIL that an alarm clock exists that donates some of your money to charity every time you hit the Snooze